So this is on the rock64 or one of your pis? I thought the rock64 was too experimental to be able to use apt. Raspbian or Debian?
On 9/24/17, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On Sunday 24 September 2017 11:59:57 Alan Corey wrote: > >> But what's the purpose of having the gateway fields in interfaces if >> not to to be reliant on the routing table? >> >> But it's worth a shot, something like >> route add default gw 192.168.71.1 > > That was it! > > Now I've used apt to update 5 packages, and its now installing synaptic > and all its 2nd and 3rd cousins. 112 megs worth. I did ask it to install > xfce, but it couldn't find it. I'll try lxde next, but its entirely too > simple. With xfce I can set up 4 workspaces/windows and the survive a > reboot. You can add them in lxde, but they don't survive a reboot. > > Anyway, progress, sorta. I am going to put that command in rc.local just > for S&G. Oh, oh, I had to create that file, does not bode well. But > we'll find out I guess. > > Thanks Alan, a bunch. I owe you a cold one. :) > >> It's simple enough to undo it with >> route del default >> to take it back out if it doesn't work. >> >> I dunno, I haven't manually messed with routing tables in years. They >> can be a bear on a laptop that gets moved between networks but since >> I retired my laptop never goes anywhere. Gateway is one of the fields >> handled by DHCP but it looks like you don't use that. >> >> Never liked DHCP much but I'm getting used to it since my phone (wifi >> router) doesn't give me a choice. I set up machine names in >> /etc/hostname and those become visible over the air. So I can ping, >> ftp, ssh whatever upstairs, zero, hp but only as long as I keep my >> phone bill paid and it all works. >> >> On 9/24/17, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: >> > On Sunday 24 September 2017 04:34:50 Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: >> >> On 23/09/17 20:00, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> >> >> I'd suggest checking using traceroute -I and then looking at >> >> route -n and/or ip route ls which should give you a bit more of >> >> an indication of what's going on. IME this sort of thing is usually >> >> because the router isn't NATting the entire 192.168.x.x range. >> > >> > As said before, traceroute is not installed. >> > >> > But I may have found a buglet. >> > >> > In the route -n output, no gateway has been assigned: >> > >> > root@rock64Sheldon:/etc/network/interfaces.d# route -n >> > Kernel IP routing table >> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref >> > Use Iface >> > 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 202 0 >> > 0 eth0 >> > 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 202 0 >> > 0 eth0 >> > 192.168.71.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 >> > 0 eth0 >> > >> > yet in /etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0 it is: >> > allow-hotplug eth0 >> > auto eth0 >> > iface eth0 inet static >> > address 192.168.71.2/24 >> > gateway 192.168.71.1 >> > ============================= >> > Same stuff from the pi running jessie >> > auto eth0 >> > >> > # regular network for coyote.den >> > iface eth0 inet static >> > address 192.168.71.12 >> > netmask 255.255.255.0 >> > gateway 192.168.71.1 >> > >> > And pi@picnc:~ $ route -n >> > Kernel IP routing table >> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref >> > Use Iface >> > 0.0.0.0 192.168.71.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 >> > 0 eth0 >> > 192.168.71.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 >> > 0 eth0 >> > >> > end of jessie version >> > >> > Of course its not going to work w/o a gateway, but wth? >> > >> > Need a coffee IV. >> > >> > Thanks Mark. >> > >> > Cheers, Gene Heskett >> > -- >> > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: >> > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." >> > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) >> > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > -- ------------- No, I won't call it "climate change", do you have a "reality problem"? - AB1JX Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach